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THE  CEREMONY  OF  INSTALLATION 


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PRESIDENT 


OF  THE 


NEW- YORK  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY, 


AS 


IT  WILL  BE  PERFORMED  FEBRUARY  3,  1820. 


"  Quantum  est  in  rebus  inane."  Society's  Motto. 


NEW-YORK  : 
PRINTED  FOR  THE  USE  OF  THE  MEMBERS 

1820. 


Avery  Architectural  and  Fine  Arts  Library 
Gift  of  Seymour  B.  Durst  Old  York  Library 


CEREMONY 

OK 

THE  INSTALLATION 

OF 

"DAYLft  HOSAtyK,  M/D.  li/L.TL  JS.JS. 

F.  R.S.  LONDON,  EDINBURGH,  HAYTI,  AND  PEKIN  ;  FIRST  YICE-PRESl 
DENT  OF  THE  NEW-YORK  SOCIETY  OF  CONCKOLOGY  AND  INDIAN 
EARTHEN-WARE;  OMNIUM  AC  A  DEMI  A  RUM  AMER1CARUM,  YEL 
ARTIUM,  VEL  SCIENTAR1UM,  YEL  A.  B,  C,  SOCIUS;  NECMON 
FRATER  HONORARIUS  CONSOC1ATUS  AD  YIGINTI-Q.UA- 
TUOR  SOCIETATES  EUROPJEANAS,  OMNES  IN  LINEA, 

AS 

PRESIDENT  OF  THE  NEW-YORK  HISTORICAL 
SOCIETY, 

ON  THE  8th  OF  FEBRUARY,  1820. 


The  Committee  of  Arrangement,  con- 
sisting of  five  Generals  of  Militia,  five  Doc- 
tors of  Law,  five  Doctors  of  Medicine,  and 
five  Doctors  of  Divinity,  have  unanimously 
appointed 

Gen.  J  acob  Morton,  their^Chairmaii*  and 
Dr.  Valentine  Mott,  their  Secretary. 

Mr.  Simpson,  of  the  New- York  Theatre, 
has  volunteered  his  services  as  stage  manager 
for  the  ceremony. 


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Scriblerus  Busby,  L.L.D.,  and  J.  A.  Gra- 
ham, L.L.D.,  will  act  as  Installators  on  the 
occasion. 

The  Society  will  meet  at  their  Hall  pre- 
cisely at  4  P.  M. :  the  Clergy  in  their  gowns, 
Militia  Officers  in  full  uniform  :  all  the  other 
members  with  clean  linen,  and  well  shaved  ; 
coats,  hats,  and  shoes  brushed.  Seats  reserv- 
ed for  the  Ladies. 

John  G.  Bogert,  Esq.  Russian  Consul,  and 
President  of  the  Board  of  Counsellors  of  the 
Society,  will  take  the  chair  in  full  consular 
uniform  ;  an  empty  arm-chair  being  placed 
under  the  canopy  at  his  right  hand. 

The  minutes  having  been  read,  and  the 
election  of  officers  duly  announced,  Drs.  Bus- 
by and  Graham,  in  their  red  robes,  as  Doc- 
tors of  Law,  will  then  introduce  the  President- 
elect, clad  in  a  white  surplice,  with  black 
gloves ;  the  chairman,  and  all  the  members, 
rising  to  receive  him.  They  will  lead  the 
President-elect  to  the  chair,  and  Dr.  Busby 
will  then  say  unto  the  chairman, 


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Salve  vir  doctissime, 
Consul  spectatissime — 
Hie  presento,  our  new  Prseses. 
To  be  seated,  ubi  sedes. 

The  chairman  shall  then  rise ;  and,  having 
first  placed  the  President-elect  in  the  chair  on 
his  right,  shall  make  an  harangue  in  the  Rus- 
sian tongue,  in  honour  of  Governor  Clinton 
and  the  President-elect ;  after  which,  first 
bowing  to  the  President-elect,  and  then  to 
Drs.  Busby  and  Graham,  and  finally  to  all 
the  members,  he  shall  say  or  chaunt  aloud, 

Viri  spectatissimi, 

L.L.D.'s  doctissimi, 

Et  vos  omnes,  Learned  Fellows, 

Nunc  requiro,  that  you  tell  us 

Whether  no  objections  are 

That  this  man  should  be  our  Czar  t 

Then  Dr.  Graham  shall  make  an  excellent 
English  speech,  in  honour  of  Governor  Clin- 
ton and  the  President-elect ;  after  which,  Dr. 
Busby  shall  make  a  Greek  speech,  in  honour 
of  Governor  Clinton  and  the  President-elect ; 
after  which,  Mr.  Daponte  shall  make  an  Ita- 


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lian  speech,  in  honour  of  Governor  Clinton 
and  the  President-elect ;  after  which  Mr.  Bon- 
nor  shall  make  a  French  speech,  in  honour 
of  Governor  Clinton  and  the  President-elect ; 
after  which  Mr.  Verplanck  shall  make  a 
Dutch  speech,  in  honour  of  Governor  Clinton 
and  the  President-elect;  after  which  Mr. 
Gahn  shall  make  a  Swedish  speech,  in  honour 
of  Governor  Clinton  and  the  President-elect ; 
after  which,  Dr.  Mac  Niven  shall  make  an 
Irish  speech,  in  honour  of  Governor  Clinton 
and  the  President-elect ;  after  which  Mr.  A. 
EL  Palmer  shall  make  a  Chinese  speech,  in 
honour  of  Governor  Clinton  and  the  Presi- 
dent-elect ;  after  which  Major  Noah  shall 
make  a  Hebrew  speech  iyi  honour  of  Governor 
Clinton  and  the  President-elect. 

These  being  concluded,  The  Diplomas  of 
membership  of  all  the  learned  Societies  to 
which  the  President-elect  has  been  associated 
shall  be  drawn  into  the  room  in  the  triumphal 
car,  built  under  the  direction  of  Stephen 
Price,  Esq.  for  the  triumphal  entry  of  Alex- 
ander the  Great  into  Babylon,  on  the  New- 
York  Theatre.  The  diplomas  shall  all  be  read 


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aloud  alternately  by  Drs.  Busby  and  Gra- 
ham, at  the  conclusion  of  each  of  which  the 
President-elect  shall  rise,  and,  bowing  grace- 
fully unto  the  Society,  shall  chaunt,  clard 
voce, 

Verum  est,  et  non  est  Hum. 
Quare  dico,  dignus  sum, 
Vester  Prseses,  for  to  be, 
In  this  wise  Society. 

To  which  the  members  shall  chaunt  in 
reply, 

Dignus,  dignus,  dignus  es, 
For  to  be  our  new  Prseses. 

Then  Dr.  Busby  shall  read  aloud  the  Presi- 
dent-elect's diploma  of  M.D. ;  whereupon  four 
M.D/s,  in  their  robes,  shall  advance,  bearing 
a  medical  robe,  which  they  shall  put  on  to  the 
President-elect,  in  such  wise  as  not  to  hide  his 
surplice.    Dr.  Busby  shall  then  say,  or  sing, 

Hie  Praeses,  magnus,  novus  noster 
Medicinae  nunc  est  Doctor — 


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Quare  dignus,  dignus  est, 
As  it  is  by  all  confess'd, 
Praeses  noster,  for  to  be 
In  hoc  docto  corpore. 

Then  the  members  shall  chaunt,  in  reply, 

Dignus,  dignus,  dignus  es, 
For  to  be  our  new  Praeses. 

Then  Dr.  Busby  shall  read,  clard  voce,  as 
before,  the  President-elect's  diploma  of 
L.L.D. ;  after  which  four  Doctors  of  the  Law, 
all  robed  in  their  red  robes,  shall  enrobe  the 
President-elect  with  the  gown  and  hood  of  a 
Doctor  of  Laws,  but  in  such  wise  as  not  to 
hide  the  medical  robe,  or  the  surplice.  Dr. 
Busby  shall  then  say,  or  chaunt, 

Duplex  Doctor  est  hie  Praeses, 
Medicinam  scit,  et  Leges, 
Latine  scribit,  etiam  Chaldee, 
Quare  dico,  dignus,  valde 
Est  hie  magnus  duplex  Doctor, 
Praeses  noster  for  to  be, 
In  this  wise  Society. 


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Ail  the  members  chaunt,  in  reply,  as  be- 
fore, 

Dignus,  dignus,  dignus  es 

For  to  be  our  new  Praeses.  Bis 

Then  Dr  Busby  shall  read  aloud  the  Pre- 
sident-elect's diploma  of  Doctor  of  Divinity, 
whereupon  four  D.D.'s  shall  advance,  bearing 
the  full  robe  and  hood  of  an  Oxford  D.D., 
which  they  shall  throw  over  the  back  of  the 
President-elect,  in  such  wise  as  still  to  show 
his  other  official  integuments.  Dr.  Busby 
shall  then  say  or  sing  aloud, 

Triplex  Doctor  est  hie  Praeses, 
Cures  souls'  and  bodies'  bad  diseases, 
In  Law  et  Physic  capit  fees, 
Nam  habet  all  the  three  degrees ; 
Quod  dico  nunc  vobis,  permagnum  est  omen, 
Quod  foret  perpetuum  per  secula  nomen. 

To  which  the  Society  shall  chaunt  in  reply, 

Dignus,  dignus,  dignus  es 
For  to  be  our  new  Praeses. 

Three  times  repeated 


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After  which  rising,  they  shall  add 

Et  Bene,  we  know  without  any  omen, 
Quod  erit  perpetuum  per  secula  nomen. 

After  this,  the  grand  Ode,  written  for  the 
occasion  by  Brevet  Major  Pindar  Puff,  Poet 
Laureat  to  his  Excellency,  shall  be  perform- 
ed by  Dominick  Lynch,  Esq.  assisted  in  the 
recitative  by  T.  A.  Cooper,  Esq. ;  music  com- 
posed by  Dr  Jackson;  all  the  members  join- 
ing in  the  grand  finale,  will  chaunt  these 
words : 

Hail  to  great  Hosack — triple  Doctor  thou  ! 
Of  Law  and  Physic  erst — of  Sacred  Letters  now  ! 
Thrice  hail  to  Clinton — greater  Doctor  still ! 
Who  wields  the  State — a-  Hosack  wields  the  pill ! ! 

The  whole  to  conclude  with  a  grand 
CRASH. 

When  this  is  done,  Colonel  Pell  shall  enter 
m  full  uniform,  with  all  his  orders,  preceded 
by  a  full  band  of  martial  music.  Colonel 
Pell,  advancing  into  the  middle  of  the  room, 
taking  out  a  white  cambric  handkerchief,  and 


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standing  erect,  shall  read  aloud  Governor 
Clinton's  brevet  •  •  of  honour/'  of  Major  Ge- 
neral in  the  militia,  conferred  upon  the  Presi- 
dent-elect :  after  which  General  Colden  and 
General  R.  Macomb  shall  put  on  the  shoul- 
ders of  the  President-elect,  over  his  robes,  a 
pair  of  large  epaulettes,  and  shall  place  upon 
his  head  the  hat  worn  by  Napoleon  at  the 
battle  of  Waterloo;  whereupon  General 
Morton  shall  fix  a  plume,  which  he  shall  take 
from  his  own  hat,  and  Colonel  Pell  shall  gird 
him  with  his  own  belt  and  sword,  giving  him 
therewith  the  accolade  of  knighthood.  Then 
all  the  militia  officers,  rising,  shall  draw,  and 
salute  General  Hosack  ;  during  which  martial 
music  shall  play,  and  punch  shall  be  handed 
to  the  ladies. 

The  chairman,  Mr.  Bogert,  shall  then  or- 
der Dr.  Williamson's  grandmother's  family 
Bible*  to  be  brought  in;  after  which,  rising 
from  the  chair  of  state,  he  shall  bow  profoundly 
four  times :  1st,  to  the  bust  of  Governor  Clin- 
ton; 2d,  to  the  new  President  :  3d,  to  the 


*  The  one  mentioned  in  Dr.  Hosack's  Eulogy  of  Dr.  William- 
son, and  now  in  the  library  of  the  Historical  Society, 


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Society ;  4thly,  turning  his  back  unto  the  So- 
ciety, he  shall  bow  slowly  and  profoundly  unto 
the  vacant  chair ;  then  he  shall  with  both 
hands  hand  the  President-elect  unto  the  chair 
of  state  (martial  music  playing  a  Russian  air)  ; 
after  this  he  shall  again  bow  unto  the  Presi- 
dent, and  shall  descend  and  seat  himself  among 
the  private  members,  but  in  a  chair  specially 
reserved  for  him  under  his  own  bust. 

Applause — Music — and  Punch. 

Dr.  Graham  shall  then  reverently  hold  the 
grand-maternal  Williamson  Bible  open  before 
the  President  on  his  right  hand,  and  the  Pre- 
sident placing  both  his  hands  thereon,  Dr. 
Busby,  standing  at  his  left  hand,  shall  proceed 
to  administer  the  OATHS  OF  OFFICE— 
thus: 

Juras,  Clinton  adorare, 
PifF-pafT-puffere  et  laud  are. 

To  which  the  President  shall  reply ; 

Juro,  Clinton  adorare, 
Piff-pafF-puffere  et  laudan 


IS 

Dr.  Busby : 


Juras,  ut  nunquam,  nunquam,  never 
Thou  wilt  from  Clinton's  fortunes  sever  ? 

The  President : 

Juro,  ut  nunquam,  nunquam,  never 
Will  I  from  Clinton's  fortunes  sever. 

Dr.  Busby : 

Abjuras  Sanctum  TAMMANEUM, 
Ut  pravum,  foedum,  turpem,  reum  ? 

The  President : 

Abjuro  Sanctum  Tammaneum, 
Ut  pravum,  foedum,  turpem,  reum. 

Then  the  President  shall  arise  from  his  seat , 
and  the  Hon.  William  P.  Van  Ness,  followed 
by  six  other  members  whose  names  incipiunt 
in  Van,)  shall  advance,  and,  gravely  bowing, 
shall  present  unto  Dr.  Busby  the  SCEPTRE 
of  the  Society,  or  the  gold-headed  cane  of 
Rip  Van  Dam.    Dr.  Busby  shall  present  it 


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unto  the  President,  and  then  both  installators 
shall  bow  thirteen  times  unto  the  President, 
(in  memory  of  the  original  thirteen  States,) 
and  unto  the  Society  as  many  times  as  there 
may  be  States  admitted  into  the  Union  at  the 
moment  of  so  bowing*.  After  this,  they  shall 
descend  and  seat  themselves  by  the  side  of 
Mr.  Bogert. 

Then  the  President  will  deliver  unto  the 
Society  an  Oration  on  the  comparative  merits 
of  the  two  patron  Saints  of  the  Institution, 
Santa  Glaus  (or  St.  Nicholas)  and  De  Witt 
Clinton,  or  Dr.  Clinton. 

This  done,  the  whole  Society  shall  arise, 
and  Mr.  Barent  Gardenier  shall  set  the  tune 
of  "  Santa  Claus  goot  heylig  man,"  in  which 
ancient  carol  he  shall  be  accompanied  by  Mr. 
Bleecker,  Judge  W.  P.  Van  Ness,  Mr.  Ver- 
planck.  Dr.  Onderdonk,  and  the  other  Dutch 
members  of  the  Society. 

*  The  Society  is  informed,  that,  to  prevent  any  mistake,  Mr. 
1  ang-  has  undertaken  that  an  express  shall  start  from  Washing- 
ton the  moment  the  Missouri  question  is  settled,  and  arrive  at 
the  New-York  Institution  in  nineteen  hours  and  twenty-four 
minutes. 

V 


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Dr.  Busby  will  then  bring  forward  the  fol- 
lowing resolutions : 

Resolved,  That  this  Society  return  their 
thanks  to  the  GLORIOUS  and  SUBLIME 
De  Witt  Clinton,  for  the  honour  which  he 
hath  conferred  upon  the  Society,  by  having 
been  its  President. 

Resolved,  That  the  oration  delivered  before 
the  Historical  Society  by  his  Excellent  Excel- 
lency,  can  be  described  only  in  its  own  lan- 
guage, as  possessing  "  the  energetic  spirit  of 
"  a  Frenchman,  and  the  sublime  eloquence  of 
u  an  Iroquois*." 

Resolved,  That  we  view  in  De  Witt  Clin- 
ton, "  the  tortoise  of  the  Indian,  and  the  atlas 
*'*  of  the  Heathen  Mythology,  sustaining  the 
"  worldt" 

Resolved,  That  our  late  and  present  Presi- 
dents are  (in  the  words  of  the  former X)  "  The 


*  Clinton's  Historical  Discourse. 

f  Clinton's  Address  to  the  Academy  of  Fine  Arts. 

%  Ditto. 


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"  CASTOR  and  POLLUX  of  antiquity- 
u  lucida  sidera— stars  of  excellent  light  and 
"  benign  influence/' 

Resolved,  That  this  Society  will  take  warn- 
ing from  the  advice  of  its  late  beloved  Presi- 
dent, and  will  never  "  like  the  self-burning 
H  tree  of  Guinea,  be  destroyed  by  the  fire  of 
"  its  own  genius*. " 

These  votes  having  been  carried  by  accla- 
mations, the  Committee  appointed  to  petition 
the  Legislature  for  a  further  grant  of  money, 
or  land,  for  a  permanent  fund,  will  report  the 
draft  of  a  petition.  Then  Dr  Busby,  turning 
to  the  bust  of  Governor  Clinton,  shall  say  in 
recitativoy  accompanied  by  the  whole  Society  , 

Tu  es  grandissimus  Testudo, 
Qui  geris  totum  mundum, 
Never  mortal  shone  as  you  do ; 
,    Tunc,  grant  to  us  a  FUNDUM. 

The  whole  ceremony  will  conclude  with 
PRAYERS  by  the  PRESIDENT. 


v  Clinton's  Address  to  the  Academy  of  Fine  Arts* 


A  CARD. 


Dr.  Busby  presenteth  his  profound 
respects  to  the  members  of  the  New- 
York  Historical  Society,  and  request- 
eth  that  they  will  suspend  their  opi- 
nion on  the  character  of  the  late  Dr. 
Williamson,  until  the  publication  of 
Dr.  Busby's  "  Vindication  of  the  late 
Dr.  Hugh  Williamson,  from  the 
charges  brought  against  him  by  Pro- 
fessor Hosack,  in  his  Eloges  Funebres 
wherein  Dr.  Busby  pledgeth  himself  to 
prove  that  the  accusation  against  Dr. 
Williamson  of  having  been  "  A  MAN 


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OF  LETTERS,  Homo  trium  litem- 
rum"  Anglice,  a  letter-thief,  is  altoge- 
ther groundless.  He  beggeth,  at  the 
same  time,  that  it  be  expressly  under- 
stood that  this  literary  controversy 
will,  in  no  wise,  interrupt  the  long 
and  unbroken  friendship  which  hath 
hitherto  subsisted  between  himself 
and  President  Hosack. 

DR.  BUSBY 

WILL  SHORTLY  PUBLISH; 

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